Rust Dyeing: Rusty metal is a really interesting material to dye with. It produces a warm orange and brown color and you can make patterns with it. Take a look how I dyed fabric with rusty sheets!
A blog about, knitting, sewing and a bit of felting. Some free knitting and sewing patterns and craft ideas.
Elizabeths quarters: a blog about quilts, yarns and the fabric of life for anyone interested in textiles and craft.
assorted rusted objects Examples of rust dyeing fabric wrapped around a rusted horseshoe Ingredients: PFD (prepari...
Sandy Pratt and Libby Barringer refer to their rust dyeing as their “weird obsession.” While perhaps not your typical fabric patterning technique, it’s easy to see how it could turn into a passion. You’ll be able to see samples yourself at the Martha’s Vineyard Mini Maker Faire on May 11. It all started just about …
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Long-term readers of this blog may remember that a couple of years ago our house was really badly flooded when the water tank in the loft overflowed while we were on holiday. :-( We came back to a ghastly mess, but since then the house has been redecorated and we've got on with our lives.…
mixed media textile artist
To give you a break from yet another eco printing experiment, I thought I'd share another shibori rust-dyed scarf with you. This scarf is made of a double layer of heavier silk (it's actually a man's evening scarf), so I thought it would be more robust than the very lightweight silk ponge scarf that I…
Someone email me this question today: "When you're working at home...do you use plastic bags? I couldn't decide whether it was right...it ke...
Rust dyeing is an interesting method of surface printing that adds dimension to fabrics, such as cellulose or animal fiber. Cellulose fiber are cotton and linen, and animal fiber are wool, and silk. When using iron on silk, caution should be taken as iron can sometimes corrodes the fabric. I have a small collection of…
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Welcome to Ancient Earth – my latest online class. In this online class you’ll learn how to create a handmade journal with blank embellished pages that look…
LuAnn Kessi
Mixed Media, Paper Crafting, Watercolour, Altered Art, and occasional Dollshouses
LuAnn Kessi
It is week 3 of my Irresistible Dyeing Techniques class at the NSCCD . In the first couple of weeks we explored different shibori techn...
Experiments with rusty items, acrylic paint and plants. Mark making on fabric and paper.
